Why are Cell drivers more dangerous then Drunk Drivers. Their's alot more of them, at peak hours,
One second per car, compounded by 10000 or more Mike Outmesguine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Of course I believe people drive slower while on the cell phone. I know when I do it... I tend to pick a speed and choose a lane, and within reason, stay there. If someone is in front of me, I stay about 1 second behind them at the speed they are travelling. Just another dot on the traffic map. I roll my eyes, because the numbers cited are ridiculously small for the hype. And the conclusion seems overblown, too. A 3 percent reduction in speed does not equal "clogging traffic". They list results of the 9.2 miles simulated driving taking up to 19 seconds longer when the drivers were on a cell phone. I dunno, but a few seconds saved by not talking on a cellphone doesn't seem like a big deal to me. Also, the article quotes one simulation was performed in "congested traffic". Congested traffic in LA can mean a 20-30 minute trip to go 10 miles. Those 19 seconds saved by more frequent lane changes around slower cars becomes even less important. (It's still not clear to me what speed they were going, or how long the 9.2 mile trip took overall. 3 percent would mean about a 10 minute trip, which is around 60 mph. In other words, not congested. So who knows until the study actually comes out.) So yeah, I roll my eyes because 1 minute extra on a 30 mile commute is no big deal. Especially when I'm staying connected on the trip. -Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth Crudup > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: Drivers on cell phones drive slower > says a new study and AP news interprets 2-3 percent slower > drive as "clogging traffic" in headline > > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Mike Outmesguine wrote: > > > /me rolls eyes > > WHY?! *Certainly* you don't *doubt* this study?! > > Y'all should be glad I've decided to not name myself World > Dictator for > Life; "People yakkin' away on their phones while driving" > would get the > death penalty. My only regret is that when the July 1st ban goes into > effect, there won't be enough cops out there to make the ban > effective. > > -Kenny, who's been stuck behind more people yakkin' away and > slowing everybody else down so many damn times > > -- > Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, > Los Angeles > O: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 > (888) 454-8181 > > > --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
